In the January 17 edition of The Enterprise, your column was about home grown products. I would like to add water to that list.
I have addressed this issue in the past, and it was ignored. Donley County has an abundance of natural spring water gushing from the ground. We have the third largest natural spring in the state. All we have to do to claim this water, according to the State Water Board, is build a reservoir before the water gets to the Salt Fork of the Red River. When the water reaches that point, it belongs to Oklahoma. Why are we giving our water away?
A dam could be constructed somewhere past the point where Skillet Creek, White Fish Creek, and Rock Creek run together before reaching the Salt Fork. It wouldn’t have to be very big, just enough to put in a pump station and water bottling plant. This would create some jobs in the county and help Hedley grow.
Just an idea that we should take advantage of before another county or city takes it. The states owns the water when it comes out of the ground and could award it to any municipality that claims it. What a shame if some city down state trucked our water away.
Brad Dalton
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